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Calving on grass BW effect?
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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 842259" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>Here in gods country I always calved in the fall.</p><p></p><p>breed Thanksgiving day to target a Labor Day calf.</p><p></p><p>I once got into an exchange with the angus association over birthweight epds.</p><p></p><p>My home raised bulls got penalized because when used as cleanup the cows calved a few weeks later and on better grass and the calves were heavier.</p><p></p><p>we have many hot dry summers and rains don't start until sept and grass comes back out for the fall.</p><p></p><p>I graphed my birth weights for ten years to show the trend and the only year I had a flat line was a year we had a wet cool summer and good grass. All weights were up that year.</p><p>typically AI sires were benefitting from calves being born to cows on dry grass and my bulls were penalized for later calves being born on good grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 842259, member: 6543"] Here in gods country I always calved in the fall. breed Thanksgiving day to target a Labor Day calf. I once got into an exchange with the angus association over birthweight epds. My home raised bulls got penalized because when used as cleanup the cows calved a few weeks later and on better grass and the calves were heavier. we have many hot dry summers and rains don't start until sept and grass comes back out for the fall. I graphed my birth weights for ten years to show the trend and the only year I had a flat line was a year we had a wet cool summer and good grass. All weights were up that year. typically AI sires were benefitting from calves being born to cows on dry grass and my bulls were penalized for later calves being born on good grass. [/QUOTE]
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